Responsible conflict reporting: Rethinking the role of journalism in Fiji and other troubled Pacific societies

  • Shailendra Singh
Keywords: Conflict reporting, Conflict resolution, Fiji, Genocide, Development journalism, Media watchdog, Peace journalism, Public interest, Race relations, Security threat

Abstract

This article moots the idea of ‘responsible conflict reporting’ in Fiji and the South Pacific. Prolonged conflict, including three coups since 1987, has resulted in a pattern of social and economic decline in Fiji. In Melanesia as a whole, internal conflict is seen as a major security threat. The proposed responsible conflict reporting framework can be seen as a response to these longstanding trends and concerns. The framework is informed by various concepts in conflict resolution, peace-building, peace journalism and development journalism. By fusing the appropriate themes from these related but disparate frameworks, responsible conflict reporting goes beyond typical media interventions that focus mostly on current ‘hot conflicts’ without adequately addressing their long-term, structural causes.

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Published
31-05-2013
How to Cite
Singh, S. (2013). Responsible conflict reporting: Rethinking the role of journalism in Fiji and other troubled Pacific societies. Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa, 19(1), 111-131. https://doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v19i1.241